The Rover Hill Mine #2 is a gold and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,340 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,340 Feet (2,542 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.34278, -112.23444
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Rover Hill Mine #2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rover Hill Mine #2
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Freactures, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Sericitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Realgar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS SOFT, PULVERIZED AND LIGHT YELLOWISH OR GREYISH IN COLOR. THE GOLD IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE ORES AND IS CONCENTRATED IN THE CARBON-RICH PORTIONS OF THE ALTERED ZONES. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE IS LOCATED IN ALTERED WALLROCKS. THE OXIDIZED ORE IS LIGHT COLOURED AND FRIABLE. IT CONTAINS SULPHATES LIKE GYPSUM, ACORODITE AND MELENTERITE, AND JACKS SULFIDES. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES.
Comment (Workings): ONE INCLINE (35 DEG.), CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE; TWO SURFACE WORKINGS (DOZER CUTS) 100X50 FT AND 120X50FT.
Comment (Geology): WALLROCKS ARE DEFORMED AND ALTERED. LIMESTONES ARE DOLOMITIZED AND SILICIFIED. VEINS OF JASPEROID, QUARTZ AND CALCITE ARE COMMON. SHALES ARE CARBONACEOUS, SILICIOUS, CALEAREOUS AND SERICITIC. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH JASPEROID AND QUARTZ VEINS.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL,H.J.,ET. AL.,1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY,J.,1932,GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER,B.S.,ET. AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR,J.E.,1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT,UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT.2, 454P.
Reference (Production): MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.
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